Paramore: The Only Exception Meaning

Song Released: 2009

The Only Exception Lyrics

When I was younger
I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart
And i watched
As he tried to re-assemble it

And my momma swore
that she would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never...

1. anonymous

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   Jun 20th 2012 !⃝

   "I promised never to sing of love if it doesn't exist"
   
   "But you are the only exception"
   
   it's saying that Hayley Williams will not write love songs just to write them but this is the "only exception"
   It is being sung to a fake person. It is possibly making fun of pointless love songs.
   (Baby *cough cough*)

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
2. anonymous

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   Sep 20th 2011 !⃝

   Its about chad. Idiots

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
3. Katherine Marie Oripaypay

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   Aug 28th 2011 !⃝

   It's about her parents. The constant fighting of her parents. I think it's in hayley's pov as a little kid. :]
4. anonymous

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   Aug 5th 2011 !⃝

   well, what about;
   "I'd never sing of love
   If it does not exist"
   but she makes an exception, so she ís singing of love that doesn't exist?
5. anonymous

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   Jul 14th 2011 !⃝

   I think this song is talking about a person who built up a wall because she has seen many failed relationships before (such as parents) and she doesn't want that to happen to her. But she meets someone who broke the wall. So that is her "only exception"
6. lyricsarawesome

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   Apr 29th 2011 !⃝

   It's about not believing in love and hiding from it until you meet one guy. And he's special, the one that you'll finally open up to.
7. anonymous

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   Apr 24th 2011 !⃝

   The dad cheats on mom. END of story!
8. anonymous

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   Mar 20th 2011 !⃝

   This is a song about letting yourself love.
9. anonymous

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   Nov 25th 2010 !⃝

   In the video, she talks about her parents' divorce in the begining. Then she said she promised she believes in love no more. That is why she left her boy-friend a letter saying, ''I'm sorry.'' Which means she doesn't want to end up like her parents. But then she knows they'll be true. So she calls him ''The Only Exception'' of false love and returns saying she'll believe in love.
10. anonymous

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    Jun 27th 2010 !⃝

    In the beginning of the song hayley is talking about her parents divorce
    how her father cried and cursed
    and her mother swore she wouldnt forget it
    and when that happened she promised to never love
    but she meets this guy and he's the only exception to that promise
    then she goes on saying maybe she know in her heart that love never lasts
    and that people have to do other things than fall in love cause its not real
    and she always believed that love wasnt real and she stayed far away from this unreal thing
    and she swore to herself that she was okay with being alone
    because it wasnt worth the risk of ending up like her parents bascially being heartbroken
    but this guy is the only exception to all of that she just stated
    in the end of the song she's saying she doesn't really believe in love but she can't let go of this guy because he is the only exception to all the promises she made in the song
    and when she says I'm on my way to believing
    that means she on her way to actually believing that love is indeed real
11. anonymous

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    Mar 3rd 2010 !⃝

    I think this song is about having your parents divorce when you're young, and you don't really believe in love until you meet this one guy.

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